Not a choke. That's a great basketball team and a hard venue to win at.

But not a great defensive performance. Matta's gonna go nuts with the film on this one. They really had a hard time adapting to the Wisconsin bigs jumping out to the perimeter. And Jordan Taylor was outstanding.

Still believe this is the best team in the country, but savvy ole Bo Ryan did kinda give the country a little roadmap on how you can beat this team.

"It's like dating a woman who hates you so much she will never break up with you, even if you burn down the house every single autumn." ~ Chuck Klosterman on Browns fans relationship with the Browns

Eh, it happens somewhere along the line almost every season. They had three guys go insane from the three point line who aren't 50%+ 3-point shooters. I'd probably give them those shots if/when we play them again. My two take-aways: 1. As long as we stay in the top 4 we'll be okay for the tournament; and 2. Sullinger is good, but I don't think he's top 3 draft pick good.

I'd like to see Matta run plays specifically for Jon Diebler. All of his shots come off of the remnants of broken plays and Sullinger double teams. He's arguably the best shooter in the history of the Big Ten, and he never has a play run for him. Matta needs to utilize him more. You're wasting his skill to have your offensive plays completely ignore your best shooter.

Cerebral_DownTime wrote:Ehhh it was as close to a choke as you can get. This was a game I had circled on the schedule as an L, nobody wins there. I hope we can return the favor here in CLB.

Neutral court or in Columbus, they beat Wisconsin by 10 easy.

I'm not sure Ohio State could beat Kansas 3 out of 10 times, but all it's going to take is one time if the bracket shakes out that way.

As for Texas, just 21.7% of their total points come from 3. If Ohio State were to play zone against them, or even mix up defenses, Texas would have a hard time scoring. I like Ohio State's ability to make shots in a close game.

A God Damn dead man would understand that if a minor league bus in any city took a real sharp right turn, a Zack McCalister would likely fall out. - Lead Pipe

These pasty, dairy farming, cheese eating, whole milk drinking mothers have our number. A choke only because they were up by 15 well into the second half. But I, like CDT circled this game as a loss as all of our teams from football/basketball to women's pistol seem to lose up there. At Wisconsin and at The Barn have given Matta fits since he's been here. One loss, now that unreal expectation is off their backs and they can focus on maintaining their #1 seed and the first two games at the Q.

I refuse to sit here and explain who Shaun Fucking Cassidy was ( I mean 'is') to some pizza no nothing who hates monkeys and who circles goddamn games on calendars.

You probably live closer to the Free Stamp than I do and I wear sunglasses inside because of a rare and potentially deadly neurological disorder you insensitive prick.

Yeah....Don't feel so good about that comment now do ya? Knowing I could drop over dead at any second leaving you with 1perry and Timmah as the only online pals you have.

You know nothing about neurological disorders that involve light sensitivity.

I don't think the internet is big enough to list the stuff you know nothing about. Jesus, I'm arguing with a Pils drinker. That says it all. Drink a fucking porter like a real working class Irishman you dumb German giant.

Playing here is the closest thing to heaven. Really, I mean it's amazing to be in a place where the fans truly cherish their football team and stick behind them win or lose. We players love them, too. I feel a sense of accomplishment playing here, we are a special breed of football players with a great opportunity." ~ tOSU LB Brian Rolle

peeker643 wrote:That says it all. Drink a fucking porter like a real working class Irishman you dumb German giant.

hey, hey, hey, hey now

us germans have worked hard to try to earn the right to racial slurs.

it's Kraut. get it right.

Swerb wrote:Go start a blog if you want to tell the world your incomprehendible ramblings.

Cerebral_DownTime wrote:I have a big arm and can throw the ball pretty damn far...... maybe even over those moutains. The Browns should sign me, i'll let you all in locker room to drink beer. Then we can all go out the parking lot to watch me do motorcycle stunts.

skatingtripods wrote:I'm not sure Ohio State could beat Kansas 3 out of 10 times, but all it's going to take is one time if the bracket shakes out that way.

Absolutely right. In a 1-game playoff, Ohio State could certainly upset KU. Just look what happened tonight - letdown city and K-State playing for its tourney lives and KU will no longer be #1. No biggie though and it's a good bet that KU will retain its top spot in the RPI until the tourney unless something crazy happens.

skatingtripods wrote:As for Texas, just 21.7% of their total points come from 3. If Ohio State were to play zone against them, or even mix up defenses, Texas would have a hard time scoring. I like Ohio State's ability to make shots in a close game.

Nobody this year has made shots against Texas and I have no reason to believe Ohio State would fare any better vs. Texas, unless it's a fluke. UT is by far the best defensive team in the country and even on nights this season when the offense hasn't been clicking, the team gets it done by strangling the opponent. The defense is historically good and if UT can hit their FTs (not a given) they're damn near unbeatable.

Piggybacking on Ken Pomeroy’s post on the historically insane defense being played by Texas right now, I resolved to add an exclamation point to his headline the moment I saw the following number:

1.02

That’s the average number of points the Longhorns’ conference opponents are scoring on possessions where they do not commit a turnover (what I call an effective possession). In other words, if every team that played Texas was given a magic pill that would make it impossible for them to give the ball away, ever, those teams would still be scoring just 1.02 points per trip. That would make UT the second-best D in their league, behind Kansas. An imaginary Texas D with zero turnovers forced over 653 possessions would actually be better than 10 out of 11 real-world Big 12 defenses.

Mindful of this, I want to pose a question. Is this the best defense we’ve seen in recent years?

Not yet. It’s only Valentine’s Day, and there’s still hoops to be played. But if the Longhorns finish the regular season with anything like the numbers they’re carrying right now, then the answer to that question will be yes.

In particular the field-goal defense being played by Rick Barnes‘ team is little short of astonishing. No major-conference defense over the past five seasons has been able to do what Texas is doing this year. I’ll keep these lists short by including just the top three teams, but keep in mind Texas 2011 ranks No. 1, No. 2, and No. 1 on rankings that have 365 teams each (73 major-conference teams, five seasons including 2011 so far).

So Texas and KU have very good defensive teams against an utterly shitty Big 12 conference. Consider me minimally impressed.

Fact is KU's schedule has been cushioned with home games and with teams like Memphis & Arizona who haven't been anyone of significance this year. This KU team is going to struggle with good guard play and teams that are athletic. Pullen's game last night is an example.

As for Texas, I'll give them more credit cause they have went places to play some extremely good competition but when push comes to shove, I am not in love with their inability to shoot the basketball outside of 10 ft. And I have seen enough of Rick Barnes to never think upset potential.

The tourney so many times comes down to matchups so it's impossible to say one way or the other until the draw but to say that Texas and KU are head and shoulders above the OSU, Duke, Pitt & ND's is just flat wrong.

Playing here is the closest thing to heaven. Really, I mean it's amazing to be in a place where the fans truly cherish their football team and stick behind them win or lose. We players love them, too. I feel a sense of accomplishment playing here, we are a special breed of football players with a great opportunity." ~ tOSU LB Brian Rolle

Was above the fray as only epic college teams go undefeated, and I'm not even sure tOSU is "great" enough to win a title, let alone epic. Plus ur disrespect of what is a very good tOSU team by any objective measure I just wrote off to ur brand of Big 10 hatoraide showmanship.

But holy crap, ur Jayhawks' pimpin' has to be one of the most ill timed posts this side of Whack-phist's Michigan football infatuation in the day.

What a complete mollywhompin' beat down at the hands of a very mediocre team that's probably playing for a trip to MSG instead of the NCAA's.

I refuse to sit here and explain who Shaun Fucking Cassidy was ( I mean 'is') to some pizza no nothing who hates monkeys and who circles goddamn games on calendars.

You probably live closer to the Free Stamp than I do and I wear sunglasses inside because of a rare and potentially deadly neurological disorder you insensitive prick.

Yeah....Don't feel so good about that comment now do ya? Knowing I could drop over dead at any second leaving you with 1perry and Timmah as the only online pals you have.

You know nothing about neurological disorders that involve light sensitivity.

I don't think the internet is big enough to list the stuff you know nothing about. Jesus, I'm arguing with a Pils drinker. That says it all. Drink a fucking porter like a real working class Irishman you dumb German giant.

You ain't be having no disorder.

Porter....... Sure right after I dig up Vercingetorix. (like you have any clue to who that is). You love that Free Stamp, it's all you ever talk about.

Plisner is the working class German's beer.

Your pro monkey and barbarian drink angle is concerning. Sasquatch 4 ever. I'll kick a dumb baboon right into a damn pizza overn that I invented in 1822 outside a small bar in Worthington.

Fucking Irish...... YOU PEOPLE VOTED FOR HUBERT HUMPHREY AND YOU KILLED JESUS!

jb wrote:But holy crap, ur Jayhawks' pimpin' has to be one of the most ill timed posts this side of Whack-phist's Michigan football infatuation in the day.

KU has never won the national championship without losing to K-State during the season, so they just wanted their bases covered.

Besides, K-State's relatively pedestrian record is more a function of a tough schedule (top 10 in the country). THey'll be in the tournament, don't you worry.

That's your rationalization for a molly whomp by a 15 - 9 team?C'mon danimal. It didn't look good at all.

PS - I kind of take the Kenny Rogers' gambler approach to the whole SOS thing. Let's see what happens post season to teams and conferences. There'll be time enough for counting, when the dealings done.

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